I saw this bit of graffiti in my rear view mirror today in a parking lot in Newport Beach, CA. I did a double-then-triple take and finally realized my brain was tripping out on it because it was done in a continuous line! I have never done graffiti art, but I imagine that you’d want to avoid detection. If you are an artist and not just a punk basically treating the city like a big fire hydrant you want to piss on then you’d want to make sure all of your desired visual elements are present. This design addresses both needs, like a big, graceful signature. It’s one fluid line. I feel like I should have seen this before. After mentally retracing it a handful of times I think it has to feel immensely pleasurable to paint, with all the loop-di-loops and the satisfying closure at the end – how could it not be satisfying? Is drawing a single-line skull something people do that I’m unaware of? Like that Stussy “S” that people draw that’s not actually a Stussy “S” but everyone thinks it is? Maybe someone will enlighten me. Doesn’t matter to me, though. I appreciate the line and the bright orange against the blue (no filter omg!) sky and it got me thinking about single line contour possibilities of my own.